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5 Responses to “Gadget Man talks UMPC with Hugo Ortega”

1. 1 Michael Venini May 11th, 2006 at 10:31 am

   “With Wireless turned on battery life is about 2 to 2.5 hours. With wireless turned off, it’s 3 to 4 hours.” - Hugo Ortega regrading to the EO UMPC

   Hugo, come on! You know that is no where near the truth. Try 45 to 60 minutes with WIFI. And 60 to 1:30, with it off.

   Boy I hope TabletKiosk fixes the EO’s battery life problem.

2. 2 Matt May 11th, 2006 at 2:46 pm

   i hope they do what samsung did and have an optional extended battery

3. 3 Michael Venini May 12th, 2006 at 5:56 am

   Well they will, but the problem is under a heavy load, the extended battery won’t get any more than 2:30, which is bad.

   If they fix the USB bios problem, you may be able to get 3 - 3:30 hours with they extended battery.

4. 4 Hugo Ortega Jun 2nd, 2006 at 3:22 am

   Hi Michael,

   Thanks for taking time to point out what is now considered obvious; the fact remains that I had received the eo the morning of the CeBIT show, and therefore had no track record to go by. All I had to work with, in regards to battery life, was a data sheet provided. It’s all past tense now anyway because the issues have been rectified via a product recall, and TK has also got an extended battery coming too.

   Thank you for following UMPC and showing interest in its pros and cons. Thanks OnlyUMPC.com for doing a great task in the UMPC space.

5. 5 Joe Jun 2nd, 2006 at 7:33 am

   Oh Hugo, with pleasure… Thanks for your comments.

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